Thanks for the write-up! Swedish team Skalman had a very similar experience in the Swedish club championships two months ago. We won the event by more than a match but still lost a match 0-20. That's a little bit unusual but not remarkable. What was worth to note is ...
I have a tough hand that I would like to ask Ola about. You have ♠ xxxx ♥ AKQxx ♦ x ♣ AKx. Partner keycards with clubs as trumps. How many keycards do you show?
Also, what is your favourite Swedish mixed junior sibling pair to have as teammates (in ...
T/O rather than penalty just means that they get you when clubs are 1-4/2-4 rather than 4-2. It's tougher to deal with 3m if you play Dbl as penalty and you don't have a hand that wants to penalize.
I agree with Mike. It was obviously unsportsmanlike of EW to have a team mate that can't keep quiet in the vugraph room when his team makes an amazing play during the last session of a close World Championship final. A PP would be well deserved.
This problem has generated some discussion on a Swedish site. I thought I would get a second opinion and apparently so did Petter, just a couple of hours later.
http://db.eurobridge.org/repository/competitions/18Ostend/microsite/RunningScores/Asp/BoardacrossCondit.asp?qboard=020.10..1500 is not as "bad" but close. Worth noticing is that the two pushes are in 5♣ X +2